Another post of conventional economists not being keen on applying logic to their reasoning.
Lars P. Syll’s BlogAfter years of delays, and costing over £60 million to date, the public inquiry into undercover policing finally reaches the end of its first tranche of evidence gathering this week. While the women activists deceived into sexual relationships by undercover officers and spying on the family of Stephen Lawrence made headlines, the targeting of trade […]
“…It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena…” — Teddy Roosevelt from his speech, Citizenship in a Republic
This has to stop.
I’ve let my “man in the arena” quote be twisted for over a hundred years and said nothing. Not when it became a Cadillac commercial, or the name of a Tom Brady documentary, or even a reference in Nixon’s resignation speech.
But you have pushed me too far. I did not make that speech at the Sorbonne so that a mid-tier YouTuber could address his history of bigoted comments with, “Sometimes when you’re the guy in the arena, shit happens, ya feel?”
Well, I don’t feel, Spencer. I don’t.
I had a lot of ideas. Big ideas. About nature and morality and democracy and monopoly. Maybe you agree with them, maybe you don’t, but I’ll be damned if my legacy is going to boil down to shitty men’s go-to “sorry-not-sorry” quote.
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Following multiple, dangerous derailments across the country, those working the railroad have a solution to the nation's rail crisis: public ownership.
The post The Rail Unions Warned Us. Greed Is Dangerous. appeared first on scheerpost.com.
US officials acknowledged the Chinese balloon they shot down on February 4 had likely been blown off course by unexpected weather. The US Air Force later spent $2 million using missiles to blow up what appeared to be a $12 hobbyist balloon.
The post US Admits Weather Pushed Chinese Balloon Off Course, US Shot Down Hobbyist’s $12 Balloon in $2 Million Attack appeared first on scheerpost.com.
Nonpartisan, publicly funded media is "an idea that we should explore," said the senator.
The post Sanders Proposes ‘New Deal for Journalism’ To Ensure Media Serves Public Interest appeared first on scheerpost.com.
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By Brad Wolf / CounterPunch The Merchants of Death even own our sidewalks. That’s what we were told when we arrived at Raytheon Technologies in Arlington, Virginia, on Valentine’s Day, February 14th, to issue a “Contempt Citation” for Raytheon’s failure to comply with a subpoena issued last November by the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal, a People’s Tribunal scheduled […]
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“The Americans have drones, they have planes, they have sophisticated equipment,” a Nigerien activist told The Intercept. “But it’s not helping.”
The post Less Than a Mile From Drone Base, Bandits Stole Bags of U.S. Tax Dollars in Broad Daylight appeared first on The Intercept.
- by Émile P Torres
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